Display and vending apparatus



July 10,1928. 1,676,682

E. BRUNHOFF DISPLAY AND VENDING APPARATUS Patented July 10, 1928.

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EDWARD BRUNI-IQFF, or oiitonvi ntrI,onIo.

DISPLAY AND VENDING APPARATUS.

Application fi1edApr'il30, i925. Serial No. 27,030.

original containers are to be' supported,

against injury and breakage due either to placing the original containers -d1rectly upon or carelesslyupon the counter or show case,

or from dropping or, resting the lids of the.

containers directly upon the counters or show cases. Another object is co-provide improved means to support the original containers upon and relative to show cases Without liability to injure or break the counter or show case. Another object is to provide improved means to hinge and support a lid upon and relative to the original container,

either the original lid, .01 another lid,.preferably having a transparent section to dis play the contents of the original container. Myinventi'on also comprises certain details of form, and combination and arrangement of components, all of which will be fully set forth in the description of the accompany ing drawings, in which: V I

Fig. 1 is a central vertical section through a display and vending apparatus embodying my invention, being a section online 1- -1 of Fig. 2. i a

Fig. 2 is a plan of theapparatus shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 isa perspective view-of one of the lid supporting membersdetached.

Fig. 1 is a perspective detail of one of the lid-hinge members detached.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

The accompanying drawings represent the preferred embodiment of my invention in which represents a base member, condrical, rectangular. or of other design.

Sheet metal original containers17 exteriorly covered with labels or trade-marks are also designed to be employed in ,place of the transparent glass containers. During ship ment the original containers 17.1nay be closed by means of a sheet metal lid, or if' desired, by means of a transparentlid19, such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for instance. .When; it is desired to'place the contents of an originalp-ackage on display for sale, the sheet metal or other lid with which the original package was shipped is removed and the original packa'gel? mounted in position upon the base member 15.

their upper ends 22 are turned at substantially right angles to said, rods,"and away from each other.vv The lid 19 which I a disk of plate orsheetglass, orif desired of other material, is embraced bya split metal band 24 having hinge members.;or brackets 25 and 26attached to oppositeend's thereof. 'A' clamping screw 27 servest'to clamp the two projectionsBO and 31, attached to opposite ends of the-band 2l,-;together to hold the band detach-ably in place upon the lid 19. 1 The band 24-is provided with a series of projections 28- extending in- Wardly above andbelow theedge'ofthe lid 19 to hold the bandin place relative to the lid. A projection 29 at the front of the band 24 assists in lifting the lid from the container 17 i when, requirecl-.-..,Tlie hinge brackets 25 and 26. are perforated at 32,.to receive the outwardlyturned ends22of the rods 20. The hinge brackets also have" ledges 33 vertically above thevertical sections ofthe rods 20 which ,serve to stiffen the hinge brackets, to prevent displacement of the hinge brackets relative to the rods 20 and members 22. and to limit the hinge movement of thelid'upon and relative tothe members 20 and 22, so that the lid may not be tilted sufliciently to the rear of the rods 20'to upset the base member 15. The'lid19 is preferably providedhvith an annular. recess 34 in which-is mounted an annularband- 35 of rubber, cork, or similar resilient ma ,terial, which is interposed betweenthe lid and the upperannular rim of the original container. The inclined face 37 of the base member, is designed to be'employed for advertising purposes. The under face of the A pair, of lungs rods 20 and- 21 are mountedver: tically in recesses in the base member and may be of molded glass,

caused Considerable damage, particularly breakage of the glass of the show-cases. Also the counters and show cases were frequently injured and the glass broken, due to lifting the lid from the container. and accidentally dropping the lid upon thecounter or show-case. All of these sources of injury to the counter or show-case are obviated,-as the lid is hinged to the base member so as not to Contact with the show-case or counter and the original container is mountedupon the base member, which is arranged to rest upon the counter or show-case without injury thereto: Also the lid is guided centrally to its seat upon the rim of-the container so as notto injure either lid or container even though the lid be allowed to fall to position upon the container.

The apparatus herein shown and described' is capable'of considerable modification within the'scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention..

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a display and vending apparatus having a base member adapted to be seated upon a show-case and provided upon its upper face with means to engage and hold an original container in a predetermined position relative to said base and an original container mounted 1n position on said base, a pair of resilient hinge rods projecting upwardly from said base to the upperportion' of said original container, said hinge" rods having their upper free endstu'rned away from each other and at substantially right-angles to the vertical position ot'said rods,and a lid having hinged relation to'the upper ends of said hinge rods with a limited hinge movement and guided by said hinge rods from an open position to a a position to close the open mouth of said original container, said hinge rods being adapted to have -the1r upper free ends sprung toward each other and out of their normal position to be operatively engaged in hinged relation with or disengaged from said lid.

2. A display and vending apparatus comprising a base-member adapted to'be seated upon a show-case and provided upon its upper face with means toengage and hold an original container. in a predetermined position relative to said base, a pair of hinge rods projecting upwardly from said-base to the *upper portion of an original container mounted upon said base-member said hinge rods having their free ends turned at substantially right angles to the vertical portions ofsaid rods and adapted to have their upper free ends sprung out of their normal position to be operatively engaged in hinged relation with or disengaged from the lid, a lid of transparent material, a band encircling said lid and having its ends clamped together to retain said band in, position upon the lid, and a pair ofhinge members rigidlyattached to said band and hinged upon the turned upper ends of said hinge rods, and projections carried by said hinge members to engage the vertical sections of said hinge rods, to limit the hinge movement of said lid relative to said hinge rods. j

3. A display and vending apparatus comprising a base-member adapted to be seated upon a show-case and provided upon its upper face with means to engage and hold an-original container in a predetermined position relative to said base, a pair of hin e members projecting upwardly from said base-member t0 the upper portion of an original container mounted upon said basemember, said hinge members having their free ends turned at substantially right angles to the vertical portions'of said hinge members and adapted to have their upper free ends sprung out of their normal position to be operatively engaged in hinged relation with or disengaged from the lid, a lid, a band encircling the lid and having its ends clamped together to retain said band in position upon said lid, and a pair of hinge members of angular cross-section rigidly attached to said band" and perforated through the vertically disposed sections of said angleto hinge upon the turned'upper ends of the base supported hinge members with the ends of the horizontally disposed sections of said anglesin position to engage the vertical sections of said base supported hinge members to act as stops and limit the ginge movement ofsaid lid relative to said ase.

4. A display and vending apparatus comprising a base-member adapted to be seated upon a show-case and "provided upon its upper face with meansto engage and hold an original container in a predetermined position relative to said base, a pair of resilient hinge rods spaced apart andprojecting upwardly from said base to the upper portion of an original container mounted upon said base member, said hinge rods having their upper free ends turned at substantially right angles to the vertical portions of said rods and-adapted to have their upper free ends sprung out of their normalposition to be operatively engaged in hinged relation with or disengaged from the lid, a lid having a section of resilient material to engage in hinged relation, said hinge members bethe rim of an originalcontainer, a band ening provided With stops to limit the hinge v circling the lid and having its ends clamped movement of said lid relative to said base. M together to retain said band in position upon a In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my F1 sald lid, and a pair of hinge members atsignature.

tached to said band and perforated to engage the turned free ends of said hinge rods EDWARD BRUNHOFF. 

